Suspender-end attachment



(No Model.)

- H. HOWARD.

. SUSPENDER END ATTACHMENT.

N0. 330,488. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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' from which my buckle is made.

NITE ATENT Fries.

HOY HOIVARD, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

SUSPENDER-END ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,488, dated November 1'7, 1885.

Application filed July 29, 1885.

To all whom 1115 may concern:

Be it known that I, HOY HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Im-- provements in Suspender-End Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents an elevation of a buckle having my suspender-end attachment. Fig. 2 shows a similar view with the head-stud removed. Fig. 3 represents a plan of the blank Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show the same in different stages of its manufacture. Fig. 7 shows a side view of a buckle provided with a spring to cover the head of the stud. Fig. 8 shows a modification.

In making my buckle or slide I prefer to use a blank, A, of sheet metal of the form shown in Fig. 3, the lower end, a, of which is first turned at right angles to the body, as shown in Fig. 4, and is afterward bent round, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to make a shorttube at right angles to the body of the buckle. This may then be set in a proper die, and by means of a suitable punch or tool the outer end of the tubeis swaged outward,as shown in Fig. 6,to form a head,a,of which the tube forms the neck or shank; or the shank of a rivet may be inserted in the tube, leaving the head outside,

, as shown in Fig. 8; or a flat disk may be soldered on the end of the tube. With a buckle or slide made in this oriu any convenient manner I propose to use a peculiar-shaped ri gfi, provided with a horizontal part, c, to receive the suspenderend, and a loop, 0', at its top having a narrow neck,c. This loop is made of such a size as to loosely fit the tube or stud a, and the opening between the loop and the body of the ring is a little smaller than the size of said tube or stud.. By this construction a suspender-end attachment may be made that will be found very useful, and having a great advantage over the ordinary snap-hook now generally used, which, as is well known, is constantly pulling out and tearing the lining of the vest, which objections are overcome by my invention, and at the same time the device is more sigh-tly and durable.

Serial No. 172,966.

(No model.)

The operation is so obvious that it hardly needs description, and it is sufficient to say that to remove the ring it is pushed upward, which causes the neck of the loop to expand and allow the large part of the ring to pass upward under the head of the stud, so that the head can readily be slipped out, or, by a reverse movement, the neck of the loop opens and the ring descends, leaving the loop fast around the tube or stud a.

Although I have shown a buckle and ring, it is evident that a slide or analogous article of suspender fittings may be substituted for the buckle without departing from the spirit of my invention; and where I use the word buckle I mean to be understood as considering slides oranalogous articles as the equivalents of the buckle shown. In some cases I intend to use a spring, S, to cover the head a of the stud, which will tend toprevent the slight wear caused by the head of the stud.

\Vhat I claim'as new is 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a suspender-end attachment, substantially as described, formed from sheet metal, and pro vided with a round shank, with or without a head integrally connected at its upperend to the plate from which it is formed, and open at the lower side, as set forth.

21 The combination, with a suspender attachment, substantially as described, provided with a stud, a, formed out of sheet metal,with or without a head, and integrally connected at its upper side with the plate from which it is formed, and open at its lower side, of a ring, O, having a loop and neck, and a spring, S, having its upperend firmly fixed to said attachment, and its lower end loosely bearing on the stud to prevent wearing of the garment, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,in presence oftwowitnesses,this 18th day ofJuly, 1885.

NV. L. SEWELL,

HAMILTON KERR. 

